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East Africa

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noun

  1. a region of Africa comprising Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“It got to a point where safety was paramount,” said Uber East Africa General Manager Imran Manji, who helped create the service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

“As far as we are concerned, that thing died the day they launched it,” said Felix Migoya, chairman of the East Africa Tour Guides and Drivers Association, which represents 1,000 Nairobi guides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Doyle became East Africa correspondent in 1993 and made his mark covering the Rwandan genocide a year later.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

East Africa wants to curb imports of used clothes.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

While American blacks of African descent originated mainly from Africa’s west coastal zone, similar peoples traditionally occupied East Africa as well, north to the Sudan and south to the southeast coast of South Africa itself.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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